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MESSAGE  OF  THE  PRESIDENT. 


Richmond,  Va.,  Feb.  3,  1863. 
To  the  House  of  Representatives  : 

I  herewith  transmit  for  your  information  a  communication  from  the 
Secretary  of  War,  in  response  to  your  resolution  of  the  27th  ult. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


COMMUNICATION' FROM  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 


C.  S.  A.,  War  Department,      ) 

Richmond,  Va.,  Feb.  2,  1863.  \ 

His  Excellency,  the  President: 

Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  enclose  the  report  of  the  Adjutant  and 
Inspector  General,  in  response  to  a  resolution  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, passed  on  the  27  th  ult. 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JAMES  A.  SEDDON, 

Secretary  of  War. 


RESOLUTIONS. 


Clerk's  Office..  House  ov  Representatives,) 
January  27th,   1863.  J 

lion.  Jas.  A.   Seddoh, 

Secretary  of  War  : 

Sir:  I  am  instructed  to  inform  you  that  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives have   adopted  a  resolution,  of  which  the  following  is  a  copy: 

"Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be  requested  to  furnish 
Congress  with  copies  of  the  findings  of  the  general  court  martial, 
held  at  headquarters,  Richmond,  for  the  month  of  January,  in  the 
cases  of  persons  charged  with  desertion  and  absent  without  leave. 

"  Resolved  farther,  That  he  he  requested  to  state  under  which  of 
the  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  army  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  private  L.  B.  Seymour,  Co.  E,  50th  North  Carolina, 
was  sentenced  for  desertion,  to  receive  thirty- nine  lashes  on  his  bare 
back,  every  three  months,  for  the  period  of  the  war,  to  be  branded  in 
the  left  hand  with  the  letter  D,  and  to  be  put  to  hard  labor  in  Rich- 
mond, with  ball  and  chain,  for  the  balance  of  the  war." 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

RO.  E.  DIXON, 
Clerk  11.  of  R. 


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REPORT  OF  THE  ADJUTANT  AND  INSPECTOR  GENERAL 


Adj't  and  Ins.   General's  Office,  ) 
Richmond,  Jan.  51,  18G3.  ] 

To  the  Hon.  J.  A.  Seddon,  Secretary  of  War  : 

Sir:  In  compliance  with  the  resolutions  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  27th  inst.,  and  referred  by  jou  to  this  office,  I  have 
the  honor  to  make  the  following  report : 

The  first  resolution  calls  for  "copies  of  findings  of  the  general 
court  martial  held  at  headquarters,  Richmond,  for  the  month  of  Jan- 
uary, in  the  cases  of  persons  charged  with  d  sertion  and  absence  with- 
out leave." 

The  enclosed  copies  of  printed  orders  contain  all  the  cases  covered 
by  the  above  resolution  which  have,  thus  far,  been  returned  to  this 
ofnee,  as  required  by  the  Articles  of  War.  In  the  "  General  Order," 
No.  3,  case  third,  will  be  found  the  case  of  private  Seimttir,  specially 
referred  to  in  the  second  resolution. 

With  regard. to  the  second  resolution,  inquiring  "under  which  rf 
the  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  army  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  private  X.  B.  Seymmr,  Co.  E,  50th  N.  Carolina,  was 
sentenced  for  desertion  to  receive  39  lashes  on  his  bare  hack,  every 
three  months,  for  the  period  of  the  war;  to  be  branded  in  the  left 
hand  with  the  letter  '  D,'  and  to  be  put  to  hard  labor  in  Richmond, 
with  ball  and  chain  for  the  balance  of  the  war,"  I  would  state  :  First. 
The  punishment  by  flogging  has  long  been  practiced  in  the  army  of 
the  United  States.  By  act  of  U.  S.  Congress,  April  ID,  1806,  estab- 
lishing "rules  and  articles  of  war,"  for  that  armv.it  is  declared 
(Art.  87.)  that  not  more  than  5(1  lashes  shall  be  inflicted  ;  and  the 
punishment  is  limited  to  the  crime  of  desertion. 

By  act  of  the  same  Congress,  April  16,  1812,  the  punishment  cf 
flogging  *as  abolished;  but  re-established  by  act  of  March  2,  1833, 
for  the  crime  of  desertion. 

It  thus  appears  that  flogging  and  desertion  was  a  mode  of  punish- 
ment sanctioned  by  the  custom  of  the  service  and  the  laws  of  the  U. 
States,  up  to  the  time  of  the  formation  of  the  Government  of  the 
Confederate  States. 

By  a  law  of  the  Confederate  Congress,  passed  February  9,  186>, 
all  laws  of  the  U.  States  in  force  November  1,  I860,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  Confederate  Constitution,  are  "  continued  till  otherwise  or- 
dered." And  by  the  act  of  March  6,  1861,  section  29,  the  rules  and 
articles  of  war  of  the  U.  States  are,  with  very  slight  changes,  adopted 


for  the  Confederate  States.  These  articles,  thus  modified,  do  not  re- 
fer to  the  subject  of  flogging  in  terms  but  they  expressly  allow  the 
infliction  of  corporeal  punishment,  and  do  not   repeal  or  **  otherwise 

order"  the  law  of  Feb.  !'.  1861,  adopting  the  I".  S.   l::v.   .      Hence  it 
ppeara  that  punishment  by  Btripea  is  at  present  sanctioned  by 
the  laws  of  this  Confed  racy. 

It  may  he  proper  here  to  observe,  that  while  T  am  not  aware  of  any 
Ian  having  been  passed  in  the  {'.  Sta'l  b  abolishing  the  punishment  by 
yet  in  the  enumeration  of  "legal  punishment  for  soldiers"  in 
egulation?  adopted  in  1861  for  the  army  of  the  U.  States,  this 
punishment  is  not  referred  to.  The  omission  was  no  dou\)t  made  for 
the  benefit  of  the  volunteer  service  now  organised — an  example, 
vrhieh  1  am  of  opinion,  might  very  well  he  followed  to  that  extent  at 
by  our  Government.  For  without  determining  between  the*ar- 
guments  pro  ami  cow  upon  the  general  question,  it  may  safely  he 
affirmed  that  in  an  army  of  volunteers,  composed  of  Southern  sol- 
diers, and  in  a  country  where  punishment  by  stripes  is  perhaps  sel- 
dom, if  ever  inflicted  on  white  citizens  by  the  judgment  of  the  civil 
tribunals,  such  a  punishment  is  naturally  regarded  as  degrading,  and 
had  letter  be  suspended  at  least  during  the  existence  of  our  present 
military  organization. 

Second.  With  regard  to  the  next  inquiry  of  the  second  resolution, 
I  have  to  state,  that  the  punishment  by  branding  has  long  been  dis- 
continued in  the  U.  S.  army,  and  substituted  by  marking  with  indeli- 
ble ink  on  some  usually  unexposed  portion  of  the  body  ;  and  chiefly 
in  the  case  of  deserters,  who  are  thus  marked  with  the  letter  Don  the 
right  hip,  fur  the  purpose  of  preventing  their  re-enlistment;  as  be- 
fore they  enter  the  service,  they  are  usually  stripped  and  examined 
by  medical  officers  to  determine  their  fitness  therefor.  This  mode  of 
punishment,  and  that  of  the  hall  and  chain. with  hard  labor,  are  in- 
flicted in  conformity  with  the  custom  of  the  service  and  the  regula- 
tions of  the  army.  They  are  of  long  standing — and  like  the  punish- 
ment by  flogging  are  justified  by  the  necessity  for  discipline  in  all 
armies,  and  the  impossibility  of  securing  it,  except  by  allowing  to 
courts  martial  a  degree  of  discretion  in  the  correction  of  offenders, 
nlilitary  writers  state  the  punishments  usually  inflicted  on  soldiers  to 
be  "confinement,  Hogging,  forfeiture  of  pay  and  allowances,  marking 
by  letter  on  the  hip,  reprimands,  and  drumming  out  of  the  service." 
Hhe  regulations  of  the  Confederate  States  army,  paragraph  No.  873,. 
states  the  practice  of  cur  own  army  od  this  subject. 

By  the  Constitution,  "  cruel  and  unusual  punishments"  are  pro- 
hibited. Any  court  martial  violating  this  injunction  would  be  liable 
to  reprimand  from  the  reviewing  officer,  by  whom  the  sentence  of  the 
court  in  such  instances  is  usually  mitigated  or  remitted,  as  the  evi- 
dence requires.  Sometimes  severe,  and'cven  "cruel"  punishments  are 
prmnu.c-d  against  incorrigable  offenders,  as  it  may  be  said  in  terro- 
rum,  and  with  a  view  to  deter  others,  as  well  as  the  guilty  party,  from 
the  commission  and  repetition  of  the  offence,  yet  with  the  expectation 
an  tbe  part  of  the  court  that  the  reviewing  power  will  interpose  before 
the  sentence  can  be  executed. 


In  conclusion,  I  submit  herewith  a  statement  of  the  various  acts  o'f 
Congress  of  the  IT.  States  relating  to  the  subject  of  punishment  by 
stripes  or  lashes. 


I  am,  very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant. 


S.  COOPER, 
Adj't  and  Ins.  Gen. 


STA  TEMJEtST  showing  the  several  Acts   of  Congress   of  the  U  States 
Cn  the  subject  oj    Corporeal  Punishment  in  the  Army  by  stripes   and 

las1. 

The  act  of  Congress  of  Sept.  2'Uh,  177G,  prescribing  rules  and  ar- 
ticles for  the  armies  of  the  United  States,  provides  in  section  18, 
article  3,  that  no  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  suffer  death  "  exeept  in 
the  cases  expressly  mentioned  in  the   foregoing  articles;  nor  shall 

more  than  one  hundred  lashes  he  inflicted  on  any  offender,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  a  court  martial  " 

The  act  of  Congress  of  May  3 1st,  1  786,  for  the  further  establish- 
ment of  the  rules  and  articles  of  war  for  the  government  of  the  armies 
of  trie  U.  States,  contains  the  same  article  as  above  quoted. 

The  act  of  Congress  of  April  16th,  1806j  for  establishing  rules  and 
articleS'for  the  government  of  the  armies  of  the  U.  States,  provides 
in  article  87,  that  i;  no  person  shall  he  sentenced  to  suffer. death,  hut 
by  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  a  general  court 
martial,  nor  except  in  the  cases  herein  expressly  mentioned,  nor  shall 
more  than  fifty  lashes  he  inflicted  on  any  offender,  at  the  discretion  of 
a  court  martial  ;  and  no  officer,  nor  commissioned  officer,  soldier,  or 
follower  of  the  finny,  shall  be  tried  a  second  time  for  the  same, 
offence.'' 

The  act  of  May  16,  1862,  section  7,  "provides  that  so  much  of 
the  act  for  establishing  rules  and  articles  for  the  government  of  the 
army  of  the  U.  States,  as  authorizes  the  infliction  of  corporeal  pun- 
ishment by  stripes  or  lashes,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed,"  and 
the  act  of  March  2d,  1833,  section  7,  provides  "  that  the  7th  sec- 
tion of  the  act,  entitled  an  act  making  further  provision  for  the  army 
of  the  United  States,  passed  on  the  16th  of  May,  1812,  be  and  tho 
■ame  is  hereby  repealed,  so  far  as  it  applies  to  any  enlisted  soldier, 
who  shall  be  convicted  by  a  general  court  martial  of  the  crime  of 
desertion." 

From  the  foregoing  acts,  it  will  appear  that  so  much  of  the  rules 
and  articles  of  18  '6  as  authorizes  the  iufliction  of  corporeal  punish- 
ment by  stripe3  or  lashes,  was  repealed  by  the  act  of  16th  May,  U-il2v 
above  quoted;  and  that  by  the  act  of  March  2d,  1833,  the  repealing 
act  was  repealed,  so  far  as  it  applied  to  the  crime  of  desertion,  which 
of  course  revived  the  punishment  by  lashe3  for  that  offence. 


HEADQUARTERS,  RICHMOND, 
13th  January,  1S63. 


General  Orders, 
No.  3. 


I.  At  a,  General  Court  Martial,  convened  and  held  by  virtue  of 
General  Older  No.  5,  of  Oct.  8,  18G2,  from  these  Headquarters,  at 
the  Headquarters  of  Brig.  General  Junius  Daniel,  were  arraigned  and 
tried  the  following  :  (The  specifications  being  minute  and  long  are 
omitted  :) 

Case  1.  Private  Jeremiah  E.  Moore,  Co.  "I,"  45th  N.  C.  troops. 
Charge — Absence  without  leave. 

SENTENCE, 

To  be  sent  back  to  his  Regiment  and  put  to  hard  labor  for  one 
month  ;  and  the  court  is  thus  lenient  on  account  of  his  age  and  the 
attendant  circumstances  of  the  case. 

Case  2.  Private  Win.  F.  Jordan,  Co.  "  n,"  43dRegt.  N.  C.  troops. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  CJuilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  receive  thirty-nine  lashes  on  his  bare  back,  and  to  be  branded  in 
the  left  hand  with  the  letter  D  in  the  presence  of  the  Brigade,  and  to 
be  put  to  hard  labor  on  public  works  for  three  months,  with  ball  and 
chain  weighing  12  lbs.  attached  to  left  leg. 

Case  3.  Private  L   B.  Seymour,  Co.  "E,"  50th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  receive  thirty- nine  lashes  on  his  bare  back,  every  three  months, 
for  the  period  of  the  war,  to  be  branded  in  the  left  hand  with  the  let- 
ter D,  and  to  be  put  to  hard  labor  in  Richmond,  with  ball  and  chain, 
weighing  12  lbs.,  attached  to  left  leg,  for  the  balance  of  the  war. 

Case  4.  Private  Andrew  Miller,  Co.  "  F,"  32d  N.  C  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

And  the  accused  is  therefore  acquitted. 
Case  5.  Privtte  George  Sams,  Co.  "  F,"  45th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence 
without  leave. 


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SENTENCE. 

To  hard  labor  -with  ball  and  chain,  or  block  and  chain,  weighing 
12  lb?.,  every  alternate  ten  days,  for  sixty  days,  to  be  in  solitary  con- 
finement in  the  intervals,  and  to  forfeit  two  months  pay. 

Case  G.  Private  James  Hill,  Co.  "  A,"  45th  N.  0.  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence 

■without  leave. 

SENTENCE. 

To  twenty-five  days  hard  labor  with  ball  and  chain,  or  block  and 
chain,  weighing  12  lbs.,  attached  to  left  leg,  and  seven  days  solitary 
confinement  on  bread  and  water. 

Case  7.   Private  John  Warwick,  Co.  "  B,"  43d  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  (iuilty. 

Of  the  charge,  (.iuilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  receive  thirty-nine  lashes  on  his  bare  back,  in  presence  of  the  bri- 
gade to  tfhich  he  belongs,  and  that  he  then  be  seat  to  Richmond  and 
put  to  his  trade,  shoemaking,  for  the  balance  of  the  war,  wes  ring  ;it  the 
same  time  a  ball  and  chain,  weighing  12  lbs.,  attached  to  the  left  leg ; 
and  the  court  is  thus  lenient  on  account  of  his  a^e  and  extenuating 
circumstances. 

Case  8.   Private  Lorenzo  D.  Williams,  Co.  "  F,"  45th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence 
without  leave. 

sentence. 
To  hard  labor  with  ball  and  chain  weighing  12  lbs.,  attached  to  left 
leg,  every  alternate  ten  days,  for  sixty  days,  and   to  be  in  close  con- 
finement, the  intervals. 

Case  9.  Private  John  S.  Wilson,  Co.  "  F,"  45th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence 
without  leave. 

sentence. 
From  the  evidence  before  the  court  doubting  whether  the  prisoner 
was  of  sound  mind  at  the  time,  declines  to  award  any  punishment. 
The  court  being  convinced,  from  the  evidence  before  it,  that  the  pri- 
soner is  unfit  for  military  service  on  account  of  occasional  fits  of  rrjen- 
tal  derangement,  do  therefore  recommend  that  he  be  discharged  the 
service. 


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Case  10.  David  Holly,  Co.  "  D,"  50th  Nv  C.  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  receive  fifty  lames  on  hi*  bare  back,  and  be  branded  in  the  left 
hand  with  the  letter  D,  in  presence  of  the  brigade  to  which  he  be- 
longs ;  and  to  be  in  close  confinement  for  thirty  days,  the  first  and 
last  ten  days  on  bread  and  water  ;  and  the  court  declares  that  it  is 
more  lenient  than  it  otherwise  would  be  on  account  of  the  lax  disci- 
pline at  Camp  Manguxn,  at  the  time  of  -he  desertion  of  the  accused. 

Case  1  I.   Private  Bryant  Knott.  Co.  "  D,"  45th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Absence  without  leave. 

SENTENCE. 

To  forfeit  all  pay  now  due  him,  and  to  be  in  close  confinement  for 
thirty  days,  the  first  and  last  ten  on  bread  and  water;  and  the  court 
is  thus  lenient  on  account  of  the  inability  of  the  prisoner  to  bear 
heavier  punishment. 

Case  12.   Private  George  W,  Nelson,  Co.  "D."  45th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Absence  without  leave. 

SENTENCE. 

To  thirty  days  close  confinement,  the  first  and  last  and  ten  days  on 
bread  and  water. 

Case  13.  Private  Milton  Fulp,  Co.  "  B,"  45th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Absence  without  leave. 

SENTENCE. 

To  fourteen  days  solitary  confinement,  on  bread  and  water,  to  be 
bucked  at  the  beginning  of  each  week  of  this  time  in  presence  of  his 
regiment,  on  dress  parade. 

Case  11.   Private  John  W.  Earlcs,  Co.  "  G,"  50th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  receive  twenty  lashes  on  his  bare  back,  to  be  branded  in  the  left 
hand  with  the  letter  "  D,"  and  to  be  in  solitary  confinement  on  bread 
and  water  for  fourteen  days. 

Case  15.  Lieut.  John  Davis,  32d  N.  C.  T. 
Charge  1st — Disobedience  of  orders. 

Charge  2d — Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  dis- 
cipline. 

FINDING. 

Of  specification  of  1st  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  1st  charge.  Not  Guilty. 

Of  1st  specification  of  2d  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  2d  specification  of  2d  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  3d  specification  of  2d  charge,  Guilty. 

Of  2d  charge,  Guilty. 


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SENTENi 

To  lie  reprimanded  by  his  Colonel  in  the  presence  of  the  officers  of 
the  regiment  to  which  he  belongs. 

-e  1G.  Private  Win.  Walters.  Co.  "  Gr,M  50th  N.  C.  T. 
Charge — Absence  without  leave. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

BENTENI  I.. 

To  hard  labor  for  six  months  with  ball  and  chain,  weighing  twelve 
pound-,  attached  to  his  left  leg,  and  to  be  bucked  every  Sunday  during 
this  time  in  presence  of  the  regiment,  either  at  inspection  or  dress 
parade. 

Case  17.   Private  Berry  B.  Hardin,  Co.  "  I,"  50th  N.  C.  Troops. 
CHARGE — Absence  without  leave. 

SI'.NTENCE. 

To  fourteen  days  solitary  confinement  on  bread  and  water. 

Case  l,s._ Private  Jasper  Thomas,  Co.  "  F,"  50th  N.  C.  Troops. 
Cn  vkge — Desertion. 

m  FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  receive  thirty-nine  lashes  on  his  bareback,  to  be  branded  in  the 
left  hand-with  the  letter  1),  and  to  be  put  to  hard  labor  for  six  months, 
on  government  -work,  with  ball  and  chain  weighing  twelve  pounds, 
attached  to  his  left  leg. 

Case  10.  Private  George  II.  Montford,  of  Capt.  Win.  I.  Dabncy's 
Heavy  Field  Artillery. 

Charge  1st — Absence  without  leave. 

Charge  2d — Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  dis- 
cipline. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification  of  the  2d  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  2d  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

The  court  being  of  opinion  that  the  accused  has  suffered  sufficient 
punishment  already,  declines  awarding  any  punishment  on  the  1st 
char 

Case  20.  Lieut.  Jesse  L.  Ferguson,  32d  N.  C.  Troops. 
Charge  1st — Disobedience  of  orders. 

Charge  2d — Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  dis- 
cipline. 

FINDING. 

Of  specification  of  1st  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  1st  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  1st  specification  of  2d  charge,  Guilty,  so  far  as  taking 
Birdsong  to  go  to  Halfway  Station. 

Of  2d  specification  of  2d  charge,  Guilty  of  inciting  Bird- 
song  and  Griffin  to  Halfway  Station, 

Of  3d  specification  of  2d  charge,  *            Guilty. 


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Of  4th  specification  of  2d  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  2d  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  be  suspended  from  command  and  pay  for  one  month. 

II.  The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentences  in  the  cases  of  Privates 
Andrew  Miller,  Co.  "  F,"  32d  Regt.  N.  C.  Troops,  and  John  S.  Wil- 
son, Co.  "  F,"  45th  Regt.  N.  C.  Troops,  are  approved.  The  prisoners 
will  be  released  and  returned  to  duty. 

The  proceedings  and  sentences  in  the  cases  of  Privates  Jeremiah 
E.  Moore,  Co.  "  I,"  Bryant  Knott  and  George  W.  Nelson,  of  Co. 
"D,"  and  Milton  Fulp,  of  Co.  "  B,"  15th  Regt.  N.  C.  Troops,  P. 
Harding.  Co.  "  I,"  50th  Regiment  North  Carolina  Troops,  and  Geo. 
II.  Montford,  of  Capt.  W.  I.  Dabaey's  Heavy  Field  Artillery,  are  dis- 
approved, because  of  the  courts  making  no  finding,  and  of  the  intro- 
duction of  evidence  on  the  part  of  the  prosecution  upon  the  plea  of 
guilty.      The  prisoners  will  be  released  and  returned  to  duty. 

The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentences  In  the  cases  of  Lieut.  John 
Davis  and  Jesse  L.  Ferguson,  32d  N.  C.  Troops,  and  Private  Win. 
Watters,  Co.  "  G,"  50th  N.  C.  Troops,  are  disapproved,  because  tho 
officer  preferring  the  charges  was  a  member  of  the  court  sitting  on 
the  trial,      They  will  be  released  and  return  to  duly. 

The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentences  in  the  cases  of  Privates 
Wm.  T.  Jordan,  Co.  '-H,"  and  John  Warwick,  Co.  «»B/'  43d  Regt. 
N.  C.  Troops,  L.  B.  Seymour,  Co.  "  E,"  John  W.  Farles,  Co.  "  G," 
David  Holly,  Co.  "  D,"  and  Jasper  Thomas,  Co.  "  F,"  5'Uh  Regt.  N. 
C.  Troops,  George  Sams  and  Lorenzo  D.  Williams,  of  Co.  "  F,"  and 
James  Jfill,  of  Co.  "  A,"  45th  Regt.  N.  C.  Troops,  are  approved. 
The  sentences  will  be  duly  executed. 

By  command  of  Maj.  Gen.  G.  W.  Smith. 

SAMUEL  W.  MELTON, 

Major  Sf  A.  A.  General. 


HEADQUARTERS,  RICHMOND, 
16th  January,  1863. 
General  Orders,  > 
No.   5.  ] 

I.  Further  proceeding  of  the  General  Court  Martial  convened  at 
Richmond,  by  virtue  of  General  Orders,  No.  7,  October  1  1th.  1862, 
from  these  Headquarters,  in  continuation  of  General  Orders,  No.  19, 
of  1862,  were  arraigned  and  tried,  the  following  — (The  specifications 
being  minute  and  long  are  omitted). 

Case  2.  Private  Isaac  Hall,  Co.  "  C,"  18th  Va.  Battalion  Heavy 
Artillery. 

Charge — Disobedience  of  orders. 

FINDING  AND  SENTENCE. 

The  court  confirms  the  pica  of  guilty,  but  in  consideration  of  the 


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evidence,  (no  intention  to  violate  orders  having  appeared,)  and  his 
prcvi  iving  been  established,  the  court  doth  ad- 
judge that  t!.               1.  private  Isaac  Hall,  go  without  punishment. 

Case  3.   Private  Willi's  Brown,  Co.  -A,'*  18th  Battalion   Va.  Heavy 
Artillery. 

Cnuui:. — <  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  dis- 
cipline. 

FINDING. 

<  >f  the  specification,  Guilt y. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

.  i ;/.(  E. 
three  months1  hard  labor,  and   forfeiture  of  three  months'  pay. 

rgeanl  Andrew  II.  Thompson,  Co.   "C;M  ISth  Battalion 
Va.  1  le.ivy  Artillery. 

(  'ii  lrge  1  ST — 1  h-unkcnriess. 

Charge  2jd — Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military 
discipline. 

FINDING    AND    SENTENCE. 

The  court  confirms  the  pleas  of  guilty,  and  sentences  the  accused  to 
be  reduced  to  the  ranks  and  to  forfeit  one  months'  pay. 

Case  5.   Private  Jeremiah  Farrisee*  Co.  "A,"    lUth  Battalion  Ya. 
Heavy  Artillery. 

Cu  iRGE — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Not  Guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence  without  leave. 

SENTENCE 

To  forfeiture  of  three  months'  pay. 

Case  6.   George  W.  Sturgeon,  Co.  "D,,?  19th  Bat.  Va.  Heavy  Art. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification, — Guility,  so  far   as   the  fact  that  after  en- 
listed as  a  substitute,  he  was  absent  from  his  company  without  leave, 
from  the  31st  day  of  August.  18G2,  to  the  3d  day  of  September,  1868. 
Of  the  charge, — Not  guilty,  butguilty  of  absence  without  leave. 

SENTENCE. 
The  court  in  consideration  of  the  fact  that  the   prisoner  has  been 
kept  in  close  confinement  for  nearly  two  months,  and   the  further  fact 
of  his  former  good   behavior   and   his   present  bad  health,  award  no 
punishment. 

Case  7.  Private  John  T.  Hill,  "  Montgomery  True  Blues,"  Light 
Artillery. 

Charge. — Absence  without  leave. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

SKNTFNCK. 

To  hard  labor  for  one  month,  and  forfeiture  of  two  months'  pay. 
Case  8.   Private  Stephen  B.  Thayer,  Co.  " B,"   13th  Battalion  Va. 
Heavy  Artillery. 


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Charge — Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  dis- 
cipline. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  one  months'  hard  labor,  and  four  months'  forfeiture  of  pay. 
Case  9.   Private  Stephen  B.  Thayer,  Co.   "  B,"    18th  Battalion  Va. 
Heavy  Artillery. 

Ch\kge — Neglect  of  duty.  v 

FINDING. 

Of  specification  1st,  Not  Guilty. 

Of   specification  2d,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  •                                     Not  Guilty. 

And  the  court  do,  therefore,  acquit  the  accused. 

Case  10.    Lieut.  R.  II.  Bayliss,  "  Alexandria  Light  Artillery." 
Charge — Disobedience  of  orders. 

FINDING    vM)  SKNTENCE. 

The  court  confirms  the   plea  of  guilty,  and  sentences  the  accuse  to 
be  cashiered. 

Case  II.  Private  Albert  Drcyspring,  "  Montgomery  True  Blues,' 
Light  Artillery: 

Charge  1st — Violation  of  the  5th  Article  of  War. 
Charge  2d — Violation  of  the  6th  Article  of  War. 
Charge  3d — Violation  of  several  Articles  of  War. 
Charge  4th — Violation  of  the  9th  Article  of  War. 

FINDING. 

Of  specification  of  1st  charge,  Guilty. 

Of  1st  charge,  Guilty. 

Of  specification  of  2d  charge,  Guilty. 

Of  2d  charge,  Guilty. 

Of  specification  of  3d  charge,  Guilty. 

Of  3d  charge,  Guilty. 

Of  specification  of  4th   charge, — Guilty,  With  the   exception  of 
the  words  "  raise  a  club  against  his  commanding  officer." 

Of  -1th  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  hard  labor  with  ball  and  chain  for  twelve  months,  to  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  during  that  period,  and  to  be  confined  when  not  at  work. 

As  the  previous  good  conduct  of  the  accused  has  been  established 
by  evidence,  and  it  is  not  shown  in  evidence  that  the  misconduct  of 
the  accused  was  premeditated,  and  as  a  portion  of  the  remarks  of  the 
accused  were  made  (while  the  accused  was  drunk,)  under  serious  provo- 
cation from  an  enlisted  man  of  the  company,  whose  conduct,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  court,  was  very  reprehensible  and  eminently  deserving 
of  punishment ;  the  court  is  thus  lenient  in   sentencing  the  accused. 

Case  12.  Private  John  Lambert,  Co.  "  B,"  20th  Battalion  Virginia 
Heavy  xVrtillery. 

Charge — Sleeping  on  post. 


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FINDING, 

Of  the  specification,  Ghiilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTKNC  I'.. 

To  three  months'  hard  labor,  and  forfeiture  of  pay  for  that  period. 
Case  IS.    Private  Samuel  Tucker,  Co.  "  B,"  SOth  V.  Heavy  Art. 
Ch  irge — Sleeping  on  p< 

rtNDING. 
Of  the  specification,  .  Guilty. 

Of  the  charj  Guilty. 

-I  NTENCB. 

To  six  months'  hard  labor,  and  forfeiture  of  pay  daring  that  period. 
Case   i  !     Capt.  T.  M.  Browne,  id  Florida  Regiment. 

Charge  1st — l>i-  ce  of  orders. 

FINDING. 

Of  specification  1st.  Not  Guilty. 

Of  specification  '2nd,  Not  Guilty. 

Cf  the  .harp-,  Not  Guilty. 

And  the  accused  was  therefore  acquitted. 
Case  15.   Private  J.  M.  Babaiot,  Co.  "  G,"  5th  La.  Rcgt. 
Co  vkc;;: — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  char  Not  Guilty. 

And  the  accused  was  therefore  acquitted. 

Case  16.    Private   John   l'atterson,   Co.    "  B,"    18th  Battalion  Va. 
Heavy  Artillery. 

Charge — Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  dis- 
cipline. 

FINDING. 

Of  specification  1st.  ,  Guilty. 

Of  specification  2nd,  Guilty. 

Of  chai  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  six  months'  hard  labor,  and  forfeiture  of  pay  for  the  same  period. 
ut.  G.  B.  Thompson,  1st  Texas  Regiment. 
Charge  1st — Disobedience  of  orders. 
Oh  '!;<;(.  2nd — Conduct  unbecoming  an  officer  and  a  gentleman. 

FINDING. 

Of  Specification  of  lstehargc,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  1st  charge,  Not  Gfuilty. 

Of  si  ecification  of  2nd  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  2nd  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

And  the  accused  was  therefore  acquitted. 

Case  IS.   Private  T.  J.  Vaughan,  Co.  "  D,"  10th  Battalion  Virginia 
Heavy  Artillery. 

K<.i  —  Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of   the   specification, — Guilty  of   so   much  as  implies  absence 
without  leave  from  28th  of  August  to  2nd  Sept.,  18G2. 


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Of  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence 
without  leave. 

SENTENCE. 

While  the  court  find  the  accused  guilty  of  the  offence  in  a  less  de- 
gree than  charged,  yet  as  it  appears  from  evidence  introduced  by  the 
accused,  late  in  the  course  of  his  trial,  that  he  had  been  pardoned  by 
the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  (which,  fact  did  not  appear  in  his 
plea,)  the  court  awards  no  punishment  to  the  accused. 

Case  19.  Private  Jas.  Hosborough,  Co.  "  D,"  10th  Battalion  Vir- 
ginia Heavy  Artillery. 

Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

The  court  confirmed  the  plea  of  the  accused,  (general  pardon  by 
the  Secretary  of  War,)  and  determined  to  arrest  proceedings  without 
awarding  judgment. 

Case  20.  Private  N.  M.  Emory,  Co.  "  E,"  10th  Batalion  Virginia 
Heavy  Artillery. 

Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification, — Guilty  of  as  much  as  .  implies  absence 
without  leave. 

Of  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence  with- 
out leave. 

SENTENCE.  ' 

To  six  months*  hard  labor  and  six  months'  forfeiture  of  pay. 
Case  21.  Private  E.  T.   Williams,  Co.   «'B,"  10th  Battalion  Vir- 
ginia Heavy  Artillery. 

Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  specification, — Guilty  of  as  much   as   implies  absence  without 
leave. 
Of  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence  with- 
out leave. 

SENTENCE. 

To  six  months'  hard  labor  and  six  months'  forfeiture  of  pay. 
Case  22.   Private  John  Shchen,  Co.  "  L,"  46th  Regt.  Va.  Vols. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  specification, — Guilty  of  as  much  as  implies  absence  without 
leave. 

Of  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence  with- 
out leave. 

SENTENCE. 

To  three  months'  hard  labor  and  three  months'  forfeiture  of  pay. 
Case  23.  Private  Robert  Hight,  Co.  "  D,"  ISth  Battalion  Virginia 
Heavy  Artillery. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 


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Of  tlie  charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence 
without  leave. 

SENTENCE. 

To  hx  months'  hard  labor  and  six  months'  forfeiture  of  pay. 
Case  2  1     Private  George  Steele,  Co.  "  L,"  59th  Regt.  Va.  Vols. 
»  i!  •  rge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

<  >f  the  specification,  Guilty. 

( >f  the  charge,  Guilty, 

SENTENCE. 

To  forfeiture  of  pay  proper  during  the  war.  fifty  lashes  laid  on  the 
bare  back,  at  a  time  and  place  specified  by  the  Commanding  General, 

and  -ix  months"  hard  labor  witli    ball  and  chain. 

Caae  lb.   Private  T.  N.  Johnson,  Co.  "  D,"  20th  Battalion  Virginia 

Heavy  Artillery. 

<  'n   kge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification, — Guilty  of  as  much  as  implies  absence  with- 
out leave. 
01    the    charge, — Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence 
without  leave. 

SENTENCE. 
To  six  months'  hard  labor,  and  six  months'  forfeiture  of  pay. 
Case  26.   Private  Richard  Williams,  Co.  "D,"  18th  J3ut.  Va.  Heavy 
Artillery. 

Cii\Rge — Sleeping  on  post. 

FINDING    AND   SENTENCE. 

The  court  confirm  the  plea  of  guilty,  and  sentence  the  accused  to 
six  months   hard  labor  and  six  months'  forfeiture  of  pay. 

Case  27.  Private  II.  J.  Townsend,  Co.  "  E,"  10th  Batt.  Va.  Heavy 

Artillery. 

Ch  viu.'K  1st — Absence  without  leave. 
Charge  2d — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

The  court  confirm  the  plea  of  guilty  to  the  1st  charge  and  specifi- 
cation of  1st  charge,  and  find  as  follows  : 

Of  specification  of  2d  charge,  Guilty. 

Of  2d  charge,  Guilty. 

SENTENCE. 

The  ac  -used  to  forfeiture  of  pay  proper  during  the  war,  twenty-five 
lashes  laid  on  the  bare  back,  at  a  time  and  place  specified  by  the  Com- 
manding Gemeral,  and  six  months'  hard  labor  with  ball  and  chain. 

Case  28.  Private  John  Mclntyre,  Co.  "E,"  19th  Batt.  Va.  Heavy 
Artillery. 

Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty  of  so  much  as  implies  absence 

without  leave, 
Of  the  charge,  Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of 

absence  without  leave. 


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SENTENCE. 

To  forfeiture  of  one  months'  pay,  and  to  one  month  of  hard  labor. 
The  court  is  thus  lenient  in  sentencing  the  accused,  as  he  has  been 
in  confinement  with  ball  and  chain  for  a  period  of  about  three  weeks, 
as  developed  in  the  evidence. 

Case  29.  Private  C.  H,  Palmer,  Co.  "  C,"  19th  Batt.  Va.  Heavy 
Artillery. 

Charge — Conduct   prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  disci- 
pline. 

FINDING. 

Of  specification  [st,  Guilty. 

Of  specification  2d.  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Guilty. 

•  hNTENCE. 

To  forfeiture  of  pay  for  twelve  months,  to  close  confinement  for 
twenty-eight  days,  in  two  periods  of  fourteen  days  each,  with  an 
interval  of  fourteen  d  1  to  five  months'  hard  labor. 

Case  SO.  Private  John  W.  Roberts,  Co.  "  C,"  19th  Batt.  Va.  Heavy 
Artillery. 

Charge — Conduct   prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  disci- 
pline. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge,  Not  Guilty. 

And  the  court  do  therefore  acquit  the  accused. 
Case  31.   Private  John  F.  Roberts.  Co.  "  C,"  19th  Batt.  Va.  Heavi 
Artillery. 

Charge — Violation  of  the  38th  Article  of  War. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification.  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge.  Guilty. 

NTENCE. 

To  forfeiture  of  one-half  his  weekly  pay  for  six  weeks,  and  to  one 
month  of  hard  labor. 

Case  32.  Private  P.  M.  McLaughlin,  10th  La.  Regt. 
Charge — Desertion. 

FINDING. 

Of  the  specification,  Guilty. 

Of  the  charge — "Not  guilty  of  desertion,  but  guilty  of  absence  with- 
out leave. 

SE    TENCE. 

To  three  months'  hard  labor  and  three  months1  forfeiture  of  pay. 
Case  33.   Private  Dan   Kennedy,  Co.   "C,"  10th   Bat.  Va.   Heavy 
Art. 

Charge  1st. — Desertion. 

Charge   2nd. — Conduct  prejudicial   to  good  order  and   military 
discipline. 

FINDING. 

The  court  confirm  the  plea  of  guilty   to  the   specification  of    1st 
charge,  and  find  as  follows  : 
2 


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< )f  1st  charge,  Guilty. 

ipecification  of  2d  charge.  Guilty. 

Of  2d  charge,  Guilty. 

s  II  NCK. 

To  be  -'  ath  by  musketry,  at  a  time  an  i  pit  specified 

by  the  Commanding  General. 

Case  34.   Capt.  1'.  M.  Browne,  2nd  Florida  Regimi 

Charge  1st. — Conduct  unbcco  uing  an  officer  and  gentleman. 

Charge  2nd — Conduct  prejudicial   to  good   order  and  military 

FINDING. 

•  l  »n  of  1st  charge,  Guilty. 

1st  chai  Guilty. 

ition  of  2nd  char.  Guilty. 

<  it  £nd  charge,  ilty. 

SENTENCE. 

To  be  dismissed  from  the  service  of  th 

II.  The  proceedings  and  findings  in  the  pt.  T.  M.  Browne, 

2nd  Flu- ,  Lieut.  G.  B.  Thorn] 

■    :;-  and  Stephen  B.  .  .  Bat. 

Va.  1  ery,  George  W. 

9thBg&.  Va.  I!  ery,  J.  T.  Vaughan  and 

o.  "D,"  10th  Bat.  Va.  Heavy  Arl  :id  J. 

M  t,  Co.  *-G,"  5th  La,  Regt.-,  are  approved.     The  officers  will 

be  rej  from   arrest   and  the  privates  released   and. returned   to 

duty. 

lings,  finding  and  sentence  in  the  case  of  private  Willis 
Brown.   Co.  "A,"    18th  Bat.   Va.  Heavy   Artillery,  are  disapproved. 
The  evidenca  though  exciting  a  grave  suspicion,  does  not  sustain  the 
e.     The  p'.isoner  will  be  released  and  returned  to  duty, 
proceedings,  finding  and  sentence  in  the  case  of  private  Stephen 
B.  Thayer,  C  18th  Bat.  Va.  Artillery,  are  disapproved;  the 

officer  pi  a  member  of  the  court,  ai 

on  the  trial  of  the  case.  'nor  will  be  released  and  returned 

to  duty. 

The  .  in  the  case  of  Lieut  11.   11.  Bayliss,  ••Alexandria 

Ligh;  are  disapproved;   proceedings  having  been  had  on 

the  trial  in  the  absence  of  the  accused,  at  which  he  had  the  right  to 
be  present.  Lieut.  Bayl  ss  will  be  released  from  arrest  and  returned 
to  duty 

The  proceedings,  finding  and  sentence  in  the  case  of  private  Albert 
Drey  spring,  '"Montgomery  True  Blues,"  Light  artillery,  are  disap- 
proved. The  charge  of  meeting  is  not  sustained  by  the  evidence. 
The  punishment  imposec  is  for  all  the  offences  of  which  the  accused  is 
found  guilty.  It  is  impossible  to  ascertain  what  portion  of  the  pun- 
ishment is  awarded  to  particular  offences;  and,  however,  much  it  is  to 
be  regretted  that  the  prisoner  should  escape  punishment  for  the  very 
serious  offences  of  which  he  is  clearly  guilty  ;  he  must  be  released 
and  returned  to  duty. 

The  proceedings,  finding  and  sentence  in  the  case  of  Scrgt.   An- 


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drew  II.  Thompson,  Co.  "C,"  18th  Bat.  Va.  Heavy  Artillery,  are 
approved.     The  sentence  will  be  duly  executed. 

The  offences  to  which  the  accused  has  pleaded  guilty,  and  for  which 
he  is  thus  punished,  are  venial  conipaired  with  those  committed  by 
the  officers  in  keeping  liquor  in  their  tents,  in  violation  of  the  express 
orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

It  is  not  an  excuse  for  him,  that  the  liquor  by  which  he  was  intoxi- 
cated, was  given  to  him  by  these  officers,  but  their  conduct  deserves 
grave  censure.  Proper  discipline,  upon  which  so  much  depends,  can 
only  be  preserved  by  officers  setting  example  as  well  as  seeking  to 
enforce  it. 

The  proceedings,  finding  and  sentence  in  the  case  of  Capt.  T.  M. 
Browne,  2nd  Florida  Regiment,  are  approved.  Capt.  T.  M.  Browne 
ceases  from  this  day,  to  be  an  officer  in  the  Provisional  Army  of  the 
Confederate  States. 

The  proceedings,  finding  and  sentences  in  the  cases  of  private  Jere- 
miah Farrisee,  Co.,  "A,"  N.  M.  Emory  andE.  T.  Williams,  Co.  "E," 
10th  Bat.  Va.  Heavy  Artillery,  John  Lambert  and  Samuel  Tucker, 
Co.  "B,"  and  T.  N.  Johnson,  Co.  "D,"  20th  Bat,  Va.  Heavy  Artil- 
lery, John  Patterson.  Co.  "B,"  Robert  Hight  and  Richard  Williams, 
Co.  "D,"  and  C.  H.  Palmer,  Co.  "C,"  1 8th  Bat.  Va.  Heavy  Artillery, 
John  Melntyre,  Co.  "E,"  and  John  F.  Roberts,  Co.  "C,"  lf)th  Bat. 
Va,  Heavy  Artillery,  John  T.  Hill,  "Montgomery  True  Blues"  Ar- 
tillery, John  Sheehan,  Co.  "L,"  46th  Regt.  Va.  Infantry,  and  1\  M. 
McLaughlin,  10th  La.  Regt.,  are  approved.  The  sentence  will  be  duly 
executed. 

The  proceedings,  finding  and  sentence  in  the  case  of  private  George 
Steele,  Co.  "L,"  59th  Va,  Infantry,  are  approved.  The  sentence  will 
be  duly  executed.  '  The  flogging  will  be  inflicted  in  the  presence  of 
his  Regiment,  at  the  promulgation  of  the  sentence.  The  proceedings, 
finding  and  sentence  in  the  case  of  private  H.  T.  Townsend,  Co.  "E," 
10th  Bat.  Va.  Heavy  Artillery,  are  approved.  The  sentence  will  be 
duly  executed.  The  flogging  will  be  inflicted  in  the  presence  of  his 
Battalion  at  the  promulgation  of  the  sentence.  The  proceedings,  find- 
ing and  sentence  in  the  case  of  private  Dan  Kennedy,  Company  "C," 
10th  Battalion  Virginia  Heavy  Artillery,  are  approved.  The  sentence 
will  be  duly  executed  at  Battery  No.  2,  of  the  Richmond  defences, 
between  the  hours  of  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  and  1  o'clock,  P.  M.,  of  the 
30th  day  after  the  receipt  of  this  order,  by  the  Commanding  officer  of 
his  Battalion,  Col.  T.  S.  Rhett,  commanding  Richmond  Defences,  is 
charged  with  the  execution  of  this  order. 

By  command  of  Maj.  Genl.  G.   W.  Smith. 

SAMUEL  W.  MELTON, 

Major  fy  A.  A.   General. 


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